tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33185052.post5333474391654165262..comments2023-09-05T03:44:01.651-04:00Comments on Magdalene's Musings: In the Garden: Sermon on John 20:1-18Magdalene6127http://www.blogger.com/profile/11036211735489393308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33185052.post-34954652203329759802010-04-05T19:52:28.472-04:002010-04-05T19:52:28.472-04:00Beautiful.
Echoing your sermon, you may enjoy a p...Beautiful.<br /><br />Echoing your sermon, you may enjoy a piece written by Hamish Henderson, the great Scottish Ethnographer and poet. He crafted an imaginary bardic contest--a "flyting" in the Scots language--between Life and Death. Here are the last two stanzas:<br /><br />"Quo Daith, the warld is mine.<br />I hae dug a grave and dug it deep<br />For war and the pest will gar ye sleep,<br />Quo Daith, the warld is mine.<br /><br />Quo Life, the warld is mine.<br />An open grave is a furrow syne,<br />Ye'll no keep my seed frae faain in,<br />Quo Life, the warld is mine."<br /><br />--The Flyting o Life an Daith<br /><br /> (A grave is transformed into a furrow, and new life springs up once again.)MaineCelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318937035647123010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33185052.post-30742576169169868592010-04-05T09:33:09.174-04:002010-04-05T09:33:09.174-04:00I am an avid gardener and your sermon touched me p...I am an avid gardener and your sermon touched me profoundly. Bless you!God_Guurrlllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184002827799859297noreply@blogger.com